Now then, you can be very well contented
To have your dear fiancée for a spouse.
Stiver.
And you complacently can see your house
With little Strawmans every year augmented.
Strawman
[Rubbing his hands with satisfaction and looking after Falk.
Insolent fellow! Well, it served him right;—
Would all these knowing knaves were in his plight!
[They go across in conversation; Mrs. Halm approaches with Svanhild.